About: The Latina Center’s mission is to improve the quality of life and health of the Latino community by providing leadership and personal development opportunities for all Latinas.
The Latina Center: thelatinacenter.org
The Latina Center will be at the Holiday Arts Festival from 10am to 5pm on Sunday, December 4 at Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond.
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About: NIAD Art Center is a gallery and art studio in Richmond, CA that supports more than 70 artists with disabilities in our virtual studio and 23rd Street space. Frequently remarkable, surprising, and engaging, work by NIAD artists garners attention from the contemporary art world on a global scale. Each work created at NIAD is an original piece of contemporary art that tells an individual story from the perspective of an artist with disabilities. In our Studios and Galleries, NIAD artists develop a sense of pride in their artistic abilities, connect with each other and with NIAD’s community of supporters, and earn an income from the sale of their work.
Website: niadart.org
NIAD will be a vendor at the Holiday Arts Festival from 10am to 5pm on Sunday, December 4 at Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond.
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About: Art of the African Diaspora is the longest running event of its kind in the Bay Area. The showcase exhibition at Richmond Art Center features work by over 120 artists of African descent. Visit the Art of the African Diaspora table to meet participating artists in 2023 and learn about the upcoming event!
Website: www.aotad.org
Art of the African Diaspora will be at the Holiday Arts Festival from 10am to 5pm on Sunday, December 4 at Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond.
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About: The City of Richmond is beginning a year-long planning process to guide the development of new public art and cultural arts programming for the Public Art Master Plan! Art Builds Community will be at the Holiday Arts Festival to hear from you how we can shape and invest in the future of public art and cultural arts programming in Richmond.
Website: www.ci.richmond.ca.us/2064/Arts-Culture
Art Builds Community will be at the Holiday Arts Festival from 10am to 5pm on Sunday, December 4 at Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond.
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About: I started making little decorated pill boxes for friends and family who traveled with medications. Everyone who saw them wanted one, so my side hustle was born! Using a millefiori caning technique, each polymer clay design is unique and eye-catching.
Online Store (third party): www.artpal.com/Hope_Meredith
Hope Meredith will be a vendor at the Holiday Arts Festival from 10am to 5pm on Sunday, December 4 at Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond.
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Saturday, January 28, 2pm-4pm
Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA
FREE
Join Social Justice Sewing Academy in an interactive hands-on workshop that merges craft, art and activism to create textile art pieces that are displayed nationally in museums and other shows.
This workshop allows participants to discuss topics pertaining to social justice issues in a brave and safe space. During the two hour workshop you will participate in critical discussion and create a piece of textile art that you are passionate about.
This workshop is free, open to all and no rsvp is necessary.
Saturday, January 28, 12:30pm-2pm
Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA
FREE
A special conversation with MoAD’s Monetta White, Executive Director and CEO, and Key Jo Lee, Chief of Curatorial Affairs & Public Programs. Facilitated by Flo Wiley.
Monetta White, a native San Franciscan has strong ties to the city both personally and professionally. In 2007 when she and husband Chef David Lawrence opened 1300 on Fillmore, the duo were excited by the opportunity to help revive the neighborhood through good food and music. For the past ten years, White’s business savvy and passion for food and community continues on with her opening 1300 on Fillmore at SFO International Airport. White manages and oversees all business operations and marketing for the restaurant group. White has been recognized for her knowledge and leadership by the City of San Francisco, for which she served as Vice President of the Small Business Commission. She sits on the board of directors for several non-profit and business organizations including SF Travel.
Key Jo Lee is a Ph.D. candidate in History of Art and African American Studies at Yale University. She is the author of Perceptual Drift: Black Art and an Ethics of Looking (2023) and the forthcoming essay, “Gesturing Towards Infinitude: Writing Blue/Black Cosmologies” in Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility. (Guggenheim Museum. Curated by Ashley Jones. (2023)). Lee was formerly the Associate Curator of American Art, Director of Academic Affairs at Cleveland Museum of Art. She curated the exhibition Currents and Constellations: Black Art in Focus (2020) featuring Dawoud Bey and Lorna Simpson, and was the co-moderator Art of Collective Care & Responsibility: Handling Images of Black Suffering & Death, (2020) a virtual teach-in with LaTanya Antry.
Florene Wiley is a 50 year veteran arts administrator in the Bay Area, New York City, and Lagos Nigeria. Former Chair of the Richmond Arts & Culture Commission, President of Spirit & Image Entertainment whose Actors Workshop with Flo Wiley starts February 4 at CoBiz in Richmond.
About: East Bay artist who loves to make wearable statements using a lasercutter, wood, acrylic and my imagination.
Online Store (third party): www.etsy.com/shop/FrikkinLaserSharks
Under Construction Creations / Frikkin Laser Sharks will be a vendor at the Holiday Arts Festival from 10am to 5pm on Sunday, December 4 at Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond.
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About: I am a watercolorist painter from Oakland! I specialize in botanical illustration and I sell a line of paper products featuring my paintings. I also teach watercolor classes and offer team building workshops in addition to accepting commissions.
Website: www.sophietivona.com
Sophie Tivona Illustration will be a vendor at the Holiday Arts Festival from 10am to 5pm on Sunday, December 4 at Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond.
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About: I am excited to be participating in this year’s Richmond Art Center’s holiday craft fair. I hope you get a chance to check out my website patriciatostensonjewelry.com. I will be bringing my newest one of a kind pieces and look forward to seeing you.
Website: www.patriciatostensonjewelry.com
Patricia Tostenson Jewelry will be a vendor at the Holiday Arts Festival from 10am to 5pm on Sunday, December 4 at Richmond Art Center, 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond.
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